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Glastonbury Festival 'open for business' after huge traffic delays

Glastonbury Festival is "fully open for business", organisers say, after traffic jams caused hours of delays and chaos.

Earlier on Wednesday, festivalgoers who had not started their journey to Somerset were advised to "stay put" after "wet weather and ground conditions" resulted in congestion in surrounding roads.

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Glasto tribute to Jo Cox to take place on Thursday

Tributes to Mrs Cox in London on Wednesday. Credit: PA

Hundreds of Glastonbury Festival-goers are expected to attend a tribute to murdered MP Jo Cox later.

The event had been planned to coincide with vigils taking place in central London and Mrs Cox's Batley and Spen constituency on Wednesday.

But it was postponed due to travel chaos on the roads leading to the festival site.

Festival co-ordinator Emily Eavis tweeted the planned tribute on what would have been the MP's 42nd birthday had been pushed back a day.

A Facebook group for the "More In Common" event said it had been moved to the Park Stage on Thursday at 4pm "to allow more people to take part" in the celebration of Ms Cox's life.

A two-minute silence was held for the mother-of-two by those who did turn up for the original event.

Fireworks at the opening of this year's festival. Credit: Reuters

The first day of the festival saw some of the worst traffic problems in the festival's historyand many more ticket-holders are expected into the site on Thursday before the music starts.

The Met Office is forecasting temperatures of up to 21C, with bright and sunny spells but showers could make a reappearance in the evening.

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